Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 A matter of force
- 2 Stalking the wild rainbow
- 3 Light
- 4 Maybe I'm Heisenberg
- 5 Catch a falling quantum
- 6 Quantum beanbags
- 7 Symmetries
- 8 Quantum relativity: nothing is relative
- 9 Life, the Universe and everything
- 10 The physics of a tablecloth
- 11 Colour me red, green and blue
- 12 Smashing symmetry
- 13 How much is infinity minus infinity?
- 14 Excelsior! The ascent to SU(∞)
- A modest reading proposal
- References
- Glossary
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 A matter of force
- 2 Stalking the wild rainbow
- 3 Light
- 4 Maybe I'm Heisenberg
- 5 Catch a falling quantum
- 6 Quantum beanbags
- 7 Symmetries
- 8 Quantum relativity: nothing is relative
- 9 Life, the Universe and everything
- 10 The physics of a tablecloth
- 11 Colour me red, green and blue
- 12 Smashing symmetry
- 13 How much is infinity minus infinity?
- 14 Excelsior! The ascent to SU(∞)
- A modest reading proposal
- References
- Glossary
- Index
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- The Force of Symmetry , pp. i - viiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1995